
Telecommunication in Macao
Compared to the United States, Macao is at the forefront of the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +853, there were a total of 2.90 million connections in 2021. Among them were 2.79 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 4.1 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 327 webhosts, Macao is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 160.06 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Macao ranks 12th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 155.61 Mbit/second (3rd place).In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Macao comes 9th with a download speed of 108.01 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 32 Mbit was enough for 2nd place.
The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in December 2022 from 178 countries.
The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.
Access to the internet in Macao from 1990 - 2020
Broadband internet in Macao 2000 - 2020
